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Build an Optional Arguments Sum Function

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--description--

In this lab you will build a function that accepts up to two arguments, and sum them, but if there is only one argument returns a function that waits for the second number to sum.

Objective: Fulfill the user stories below and get all the tests to pass to complete the lab.

User Stories:

  1. Create a function addTogether.

  2. If the function receives two arguments, the function should return the sum of the two arguments.

  3. If only one argument is provided, addTogether should return a function.

    • When the returned function is called with a single argument, it should return the sum.
    js
    const sumTwoAnd = addTogether(2);
    sumTwoAnd(3); // 5
    
  4. If either argument isn't a valid number, return undefined.

--hints--

You should have the addTogether function.

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assert.isFunction(addTogether);

addTogether(2, 3) should return 5.

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assert.deepEqual(addTogether(2, 3), 5);

addTogether(23.4, 30) should return 53.4.

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assert.deepEqual(addTogether(23.4, 30), 53.4);

addTogether("2", 3) should return undefined.

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assert.isUndefined(addTogether('2', 3));

addTogether(5, undefined) should return undefined.

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assert.isUndefined(addTogether(5, undefined));

addTogether("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ") should return undefined.

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assert.isUndefined(addTogether('https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ'));

addTogether(5) should return a function.

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assert.isFunction(addTogether(5));

addTogether(5)(7) should return 12.

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assert.deepEqual(addTogether(5)(7), 12);

addTogether(2)([3]) should return undefined.

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assert.isUndefined(addTogether(2)([3]));

addTogether(2, "3") should return undefined.

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assert.isUndefined(addTogether(2, '3'));

--seed--

--seed-contents--

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--solutions--

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function addTogether() {
  const first = arguments[0];
  if (typeof(first) !== 'number') {
    return undefined;
  }
  if (arguments.length === 1) {
    return function(second) {
      if (typeof(second) !== 'number') {
        return undefined;
      }
      return first + second;
    };
  }
  const second = arguments[1];
  if (typeof(second) !== 'number') {
    return undefined;
  }
  return first + second;
}